Valentina Cortese

Valentina Cortese

Valentina Cortese (January 1, 1923 - July 10, 2019) was an Italian film actress. The Milan-born actress starred in The House on Telegraph Hill (1951) directed by Robert Wise, and costarring Richard Basehart and William Lundigan. Cortese, aged 28, married Basehart in 1951, and had one son with him b…

Filmography

Jesus of Nazareth

1977 · TV

as Herodias

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

1988 · Movie

as Queen Ariadne / Violet

1973 · Movie

as Séverine

I promessi sposi

1989 · TV

as Donna Prassede

1974 · Movie

as Elisa Rutelli

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951 · TV

as Dr. Bruni

The Barefoot Contessa

1954 · Movie

as Eleanora Torlato-Favrini

1961 · Movie

as Julia

Brother Sun, Sister Moon

1972 · Movie

as Pica Di Bernardone

1949 · Movie

as Zoraida

When Time Ran Out...

1980 · Movie

as Rose Valdez

The Legend of Lylah Clare

1968 · Movie

as Countess Bozo Bedoni

Juliet of the Spirits

1965 · Movie

as Valentina

The Secret of Santa Vittoria

1970 · Movie

as Gabriella (uncredited)

The Assassination of Trotsky

1972 · Movie

as Natalia Trotsky

The Girl Who Knew Too Much

1963 · Movie

as Laura Craven-Torrani

The House on Telegraph Hill

1951 · Movie

as Victoria Kowelska

1964 · Movie

as Mathilda Miller

La Classe américaine

1993 · Movie

as The Helicopter Man's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited)

1994 · Movie

as Madre Superiora

1949 · Movie

as Luana

Give Her the Moon

1970 · Movie

as Madeleine de Lépine

Ring of Darkness

1979 · Movie

as Elena Merrill

Thieves' Highway

1949 · Movie

as Rica